Re: Dell Latitude CPi keyboard problems since 2.5.42

[Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>]

On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 02:33:11PM +0100, Alessandro Suardi wrote:
> Andrew McGregor wrote:
> > The i8k will power off with APM but not ACPI, but it won't reboot with 
> > either.
> > 
> > I'm using grub, so it may hit the problem before outputting anything 
> > where lilo may not.
> 
> [Fixed CC: to Vojtech]
> 
> CPx750J powers off with grub/APM
> C640    powers off with grub/ACPI - much earlier than the CPx
> 
> Most likely the same interval of kernel that Valdis mentions. For
>   sure both behave like this in 2.5.58.

Do the symptoms persist when you disable AT keyboard support completely?
(You'll need a different way to control the machine - USB or Ethernet
for the test.)

> > --On Wednesday, January 15, 2003 14:21:57 -0500 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu 
> > wrote:
> > 
> >> On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 23:43:58 +1300, Andrew McGregor said:
> >>
> >>> Possibly related:
> >>>
> >>> Dell Inspiron 8000s won't warm reboot either.  They just freeze with a
> >>> blinking cursor at the point where the bootloader would ordinarily load.
> >>> Have to power off or reset.
> >>>
> >>> Consistent in various versions from 2.5.44 to .55.  Have not tested
> >>> earlier, nor yet later.
> >>
> >>
> >> Dell Latitude C840s will power off.  Oddly enough, it doesn't do it when
> >> LILO itself loads - it does it when LILO starts loading the actual kernel
> >> image.  True from 2.5.46 through 2.5.58.
> 
> --alessandro
> 
>   "And though it don't seem fair, for every smile that plays
>     a tear must fall somewhere"
>         (Bruce Springsteen, "The Price You Pay", live 31/12/1980)

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Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs